Cuentos para los días de lluvia

When Mr. Sanchez gets something in his eye, he tries to make himself cry. Meanwhile, his wife discovers that she has lost a stone from her earring. Finally, he plays some music by his favorite composer, Brahms-and out falls a tiny diamond! Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Making and flying a kite seems to be more than a mother and her children can handle. But looking for alternatives is always a good idea.

Cuentos tradicionales sobre osos, ositos y osazos, escritos de una manera muy peculiar: manteniendo siempre un tono coloquial, Montserrat del Amo narra estas historias como si nos las contara al amor de la lumbre o bajo las estrellas...

A remarkable tale of books and reading, now in a bilingual Spanish-English edition. On most days, teacher and librarian Luis Soriano Bohorquez packs his two burros, Alfa and Beto, with books and makes his way over mountains and through valleys to visit children in far-flung villages in rural Colombia all for the sake of literacy and culture. Based on the work of a remarkable man and his intrepid burros, this bilingual English and Spanish edition celebrates the impact that a special mobile library called the biblioburro has had on the lives of real children. About the author: Monica Brown s...